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I've pulled a sample of wort just before pitching and it's sitting in the hydrometer test tube at about 73 degrees. Should I place the sample in the refrigerator to bring it closer to 59 or just adjust the math?

It's probably a bad mix, when doing extract batches and hitting your volumes it's just about impossible to miss the expected OG because its pretty fixed by the amount of extract used. 1lb of extract is 45 gravity points

45x7=315/5=63 so OG is 1.063 regardless of what you read with the hydrometer.

I did drop some of the DME, maybe a cup. Not sure this would make that much of difference. Is it worth checking again or should I let it be? Also, is there a way to check the ABV if I never had the SG correct?I'm guessing I sucked up a lot of the Starsan foam with my sample as there was an enormous layer on top of the beer. The turkey baster barely hit the top of the beer. Next time I have to use a thief.

I did drop some of the DME, maybe a cup. Not sure this would make that much of difference. Is it worth checking again or should I let it be? Also, is there a way to check the ABV if I never had the SG correct?I'm guessing I sucked up a lot of the Starsan foam with my sample as there was an enormous layer on top of the beer. The turkey baster barely hit the top of the beer. Next time I have to use a thief.

Yeah, you can't get an accurate SG once you add the water. At least, not without an unreasonable amount of shaking. You can measure the concentrated wort and then account for the dilution, or you can just calculate the SG based on the potential extract (~43 point-gal/lb for DME). If your mass and volume measurements are reasonably precise, you can calculate the SG better than a cheap hydrometer will measure it.